DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

A rare opportunity for Lebanon and Syria to repair their relations and move beyond decades of political domination and ...

The EU and UAE are developing new trade ties, the US is talking energy in the Gulf, and Egypt could receive billions of dollars in support from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

For months, Turkey’s government has been trying to accomplish three major tasks simultaneously or nearly so to solidify its ...

Autocratic governments often suppress the independence of universities to eliminate opposition. Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, has written about how that crackdown ...

Rather than just targeting trade abusers, the tariffs also punished partners who have remained loyal to the U.S. through ...